![An undated photo released by Zodiac Maritime shows the tanker Central Park, which a group of armed attackers attempted to hijack in a raid on November 26 [Zodiac Maritime via AP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.horndiplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP23330505484383-1701107544.webp?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 "US says Somali pirates likely behind attempted tanker seizure near Yemen")
Kenya loses 2.61 mln livestock to drought
Source: Xinhua
Kenya has lost some 2.61 million livestock to drought in the past months as the crisis worsens in arid and semi-arid areas, according to the National Drought Management Authority.
Kenya has...
Suspected al-Shabab militants kill 2 police officers, wound 3 others in Kenya
BY: VOA
Two police officers have been killed and three others injured in a suspected al-Shabab militant attack on a police vehicle near the Dadaab refugee camp in northeast Kenya.
Security officials in...
Kenya to Reopen First Somali Border Post After 10-Year Shutdown
By: VOA NEWS
WAJIR, KENYA — Kenya has announced plans to re-open its Mandera border crossing with Somalia as part of efforts to improve border security and crack down on smuggled goods.
Kenya says...
Horn of Africa Leaders to Back Somalia’s Final Push Against Al-Shabab
By:Zakariye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent
The leaders of the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya who gathered in Mogadishu on Wednesday for a day-long security summit agreed on a joint final push for...
Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya Leaders arrive in Mogadishu for security summit
By: Staff writer
Djiboutian President, Ismael Omar Guelleh, Kenyan President, William Ruto, and Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday arrived in the Somali Capital Mogadishu to attend the regional security Summit.
The...
Kenya Set to Open Somaliland Office and Five More Foreign Missions
By: Mohamed Duale
Kenya is set to open seven new foreign missions in the latest reorganization of President William Ruto’s government.
According to Executive Order No.1 of 2023 by President Ruto, the seven...
Kenya’s Ruto: I fired police unit boss over killings
By: BBC WORLD
Kenyan President William Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.President Ruto had previously said the former director of criminal investigations George Kinoti had...
‘I said what I said,’ Kenya Defense CS defends Muslim women’s right to wear hijab
By: HOL AND HORNDIPLOMAT
Kenyan Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has doubled down on his statements defending the right of Muslim girls and women to wear their hijabs in Kenya while criticizing the media for manipulating his...
Kenya, Somalia commit to end violent extremism
By: THE STAR
Kenya and Somalia have committed to ending violent extremism, Defence Cabinet secretary Aden Duale said.
Duale said the two countries will partner in areas of trade and investments as they...
Ethiopia starts exporting electricity to neighboring Kenya
By: Bloomberg
Ethiopia has started exporting electricity to neighboring Kenya following a week of testing of a new transmission line, Ethiopian Electric Power said.The $500 million line has capacity to transmit 2,000 megawatts of electricity, potentially earning...
